Mike Hasten: Politics, religion are not usually good partners

1:25 AM,
Apr. 28, 2014

Written by

Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

The Senate this past week passed legislation that would allow state lawmakers who go through the same training as police officers to carry guns in most places.

But the bill by Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, explicitly excludes schools, college campuses and the Louisiana Capitol.

Ministers who are displeased with the amount of interest the poorest of their congregations must pay for taking out payday loans armed themselves with powerful weapons to go inside the Capitol and confront the same senators and their colleagues in the House. ...